Word: laughingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adds, "Last year we often could afford to laugh. We often had to the way we played. In fact, once last year we scheduled a game with Yale--what a mess-up. On the day of the game Yale came up to Cambridge and we went down to New Haven. This year we get to the same field...
...typewriter and tell the world how terrifying it all was. I could just envision myself laid up in my hospital bed, dictating the headline of my story: On Her Last Legs--Special to The Crimson, UHS. Looking back on the events of last Monday. I can now laugh at my misgivings. The marathon was, despite the fact that I still hate stairs with a passion...
...earned $55 million worldwide. The audience reaction to Romero's perfervid shockers has always been poised between a scream and a giggle. Now, with Knightriders, Romero has taken a bigger risk: he blends Arthurian legend with modern-day bikers-Excalibur meets Easy Rider-and dares the audience to laugh at the noble exploits of working-class jousters. The Camelot caravan juggles lofty ideals and hand-to-mouth reality as it journeys from one small town to another, exhibiting swordsmanship in battles where fellowship precariously reigns and only feelings get hurt. They are the most benign of outlaws; they embody...
...while Nureyev portrayed a workman and a Brando-like waterfront tough. During a pas de trois romp with Dancer Gwen Verdon, they hoisted her up onto their shoulders, then discovered that she was facing away from the audience. Said Nureyev: "The great thing about America is that you can laugh at yourself when things go wrong. In Russia...
...leader of Society Jazz: "You know his music had real feeling. He was funny too. He used to stick his finger in his ears while he was playing to check intonation. Said he could hear himself better that way." Tenor Saxophonist Teddy Johnson: "He was always ready for a laugh, always joking, making up nicknames for people. I called him Big Chief." There is wordless comment in the fact that musicians from not only Society Jazz but several other bands (Olympia, Tuxedo) have turned out to make sure that one of their own gets a fitting sendoff...